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20 Jun 2023 17:31

📔 the wrong crowd


📋Meaning
A group of people, typically peers, who partake in and elicit immoral, criminal, and/or dangerous behavior and attitudes.


🤔For example ⬇️

🗣Mary had been a model student all her life, but when she got to senior year of high school, she started hanging out with the wrong crowd, and her grades suffered as a result.

🗣Because there is no sort of network in place to keep young people active and engaged in this part of the city, it's all too easy for them to fall in with the wrong crowd.
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19 Jun 2023 17:30

📔 (the) man/woman of the hour


📋Meaning
A person currently being celebrated, honored, or admired by others, especially for a recent victory, accomplishment, or other cause for celebration.

🤔For example ⬇️

🗣 Janet was woman of the hour at the office after securing the biggest customer their business had ever had.

🗣 Ruth: "Hey, what's going on here?" Dave: "It's a surprise birthday party for you, Ruth! You're the woman of the hour!"

🗣 After writing that bombshell exposé about corruption in Washington, Jake was the man of the hour.
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18 Jun 2023 17:30

📔 tickle (one's) funny bone


📋Meaning
To make one laugh; to be humorous or amusing to one.


🤔For example ⬇️

🗣There's this silly statue on campus that never fails to tickle my funny bone when I walk past it.

🗣David has such wit that he can tickle the funny bone of anyone he meets.
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17 Jun 2023 17:30

📔 big break


📋Meaning
A fortuitous moment, opportunity, or turn of events of great consequence, especially as relates to one's career.

🤔For example ⬇️

🗣A fortuitous moment, opportunity, or turn of events of great consequence, especially as relates to one's career.

🗣I had a big break when a movie director saw me in an improv group and offered me an audition for his new film.
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16 Jun 2023 17:30

📔 in the thick of things


📋Meaning
Very busy; in the middle of or preoccupied with something or several things.


🤔For example ⬇️

🗣Sorry I couldn't make it to your birthday lunch on Wednesday—I'm afraid I'm really in the thick of things at the moment.

🗣Even when you find yourself in the thick of things, try to take a moment each day and take a deep, calming breath.
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15 Jun 2023 17:30

📔 shotgun house



📋Meaning
slang A one-story house in which each room is in a straight alignment with the others, connected by a continuous hallway running from the front to the back of the residence. Chiefly used in the Southern United States.


🤔For example ⬇️

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14 Jun 2023 17:31

📔 that ship has sailed


📋Meaning
used in reference to an opportunity that has passed or a situation that can no longer be changed.

🤔For example ⬇️

🗣"we're good friends but I don't think we'll ever be anything more to each other—that ship has sailed"
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13 Jun 2023 17:31

📔 Go back to the drawing board


📋Meaning
  Start over


🤔For example ⬇️

🗣The current system just isn’t working – we need to go back to the drawing board and start afresh.
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12 Jun 2023 17:30

📔 Wrap your head around something


📋Meaning
Understand something complicated

🤔For example ⬇️

🗣Kate is willing to pay full price for an expensive handbag, but I just can't wrap my head around that.
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11 Jun 2023 17:30

📔 Cut to the chase


📋Meaning
When somebody tells you to cut to the chase, it means that you’ve been talking too long and you need to get to the point. Be careful how you use this idiom; it could be rude or disrespectful if used with someone like a boss or teacher.

🤔For example ⬇️

🗣Hi, guys. We don’t have much time here, so I’m going to cut to the chase.
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10 Jun 2023 17:30

📔 bent out of shape


📋Meaning
angry or agitated.

🤔For example ⬇️

🗣"it was just a mistake, nothing to get bent out of shape about"
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09 Jun 2023 17:30

📔 down-to-earth


📋Meaning
with no illusions or pretensions; practical and realistic.

🤔For example ⬇️

🗣"a down-to-earth view of marriage"
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08 Jun 2023 17:30

📔 A man of his words


📋Meaning
A man who keeps promises, who can be trusted

🤔For example ⬇️

🗣If you were a man of your word, you would be on time.
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08 Jun 2023 05:30

📔 send a shiver down (one's) spine



📋Meaning
To cause an intense feeling of excitement, exhilaration, nervousness, or fear in someone.


🤔For example ⬇️

🗣The way that sonata swells always sends a shiver down my spine.

🗣It sent a shiver down my spine when Dorothy gave me such an amorous look.

🗣Can we get out of here? This creepy old house is sending a shiver down my spine!
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06 Jun 2023 17:30

📔 go out with the girls


📋Meaning
To go and socialize somewhere with a group of exclusively female friends.

🤔For example ⬇️

🗣I love my boyfriend and all, but sometimes, I just need to go out with the girls!
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20 Jun 2023 05:30

📔 make hay while the sun shines


📋Meaning
make the most of a favorable situation while it lasts.


🤔For example ⬇️

🗣A:when is your husband coming home?

B:Not for another two weeks.
A:That’s a long time! How are you spending your time alone?

B:I am finally getting some home improvement projects done. You know, moving some furniture, painting some rooms, cleaning closets …

A:That’s a lot of work for one person. Why don’t you wait for your husband to come home?

B:No way! It’s easier to do it by myself. I’m getting everything done that I can’t do with other people around.

A:Good idea. ‘Make hay while the sun shines.’

B:Exactly!

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19 Jun 2023 11:29

📔 Sleep on it 




📋Meaning
to wait until the next day (in order to think carefully) before making an important decision.

✍Notes
What's "IT" in the picture above?  "It" is any decision that you have to make.  



🤔For example ⬇️

🗣  I received two jobs offers today. I asked them both to let me sleep on it so I can review the offers and decide which is best.

🗣I wanted to sleep on it but my manager said I had to sign the contract by the end of the day.


🗣 I wish I had slept on the purchase because the next day I found a much nicer dress and I can't return the one I bought.
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18 Jun 2023 05:30

📔 go on a wild goose chase


📋Meaning
a foolish and hopeless pursuit of something unattainable.


🤔For example ⬇️

🗣"physicists searching for the hypothetical particle may be on a wild goose chase"
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17 Jun 2023 05:30

📔 the devil is in the details


📋Meaning
the details of a matter are its most problematic aspect.


🤔For example ⬇️

🗣“I know this is taking a long time, but the devil is in the details.”
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16 Jun 2023 05:30

📔 ignorance is bliss


📋Meaning
if you do not know about something, you do not worry about it.


🤔For example ⬇️

🗣What's the point in knowing about all these problems if we can't do anything about them? Sometimes ignorance is bliss, you know.
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15 Jun 2023 10:41

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📔 talk a mile a minute



📋Meaning
To speak in a very quick or hurried manner; to talk very fast.


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📔 take ill



📋Meaning
To be or become sick or unwell.


🤔For example ⬇️

🗣I heard your sister has taken ill recently. I hope that it isn't anything too serious?
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12 Jun 2023 07:30

📔 break into a smile


📋Meaning
To start smiling.

🤔For example ⬇️

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11 Jun 2023 05:31

📔 tickle (one's) funny bone


📋Meaning
To make one laugh; to be humorous or amusing to one.


🤔For example ⬇️

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10 Jun 2023 08:02

📔 busy little beaver


📋Meaning
A very busy, assiduous, or hardworking person. Taken from the phrase "busy as a beaver," referring to beavers' reputation for being extremely industrious.

🤔For example ⬇️

🗣Between working two part-time jobs, volunteering on the weekends, and looking after his brother, Sam's been a busy little beaver this summer.
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09 Jun 2023 05:30

📔 shotgun house



📋Meaning
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07 Jun 2023 17:30

📔 go-getter


📋Meaning
If someone is a go-getter, they are very energetic and eager to succeed.

🤔For example ⬇️

🗣"they went to great lengths to select a team of go-getters willing to learn about the latest in high-tech manufacturing"
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06 Jun 2023 05:30

📔 a ballpark figure | a ballpark estimate


📋Meaning
If you give a ballpark figure or a ballpark estimate, you give a number which you think is fairly close to the actual one.

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🗣We don't know the exact cost, but a ballpark figure would be around six million dollars.
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